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|Authors List=Ameer Sarwar, Patrick Fraser
|Resource=Fraser and Sarwar (2018)
|Preamble=''Compatibility'' is a distinct [[Epistemic Stances|epistemic stance]] that [[Epistemic Agent|agents]] can take towards [[Epistemic Elements - Questions and Theories (Barseghyan-2018)Element|epistemic elements]]. It is distinct because it is possible to show that an agent can take this stance without necessarily taking others, such as [[Theory Acceptance (Barseghyan-2018)|''acceptance'']]. Although all elements of the mosaic are compatible in principle, there may be unaccepted theories that are either compatible or incompatible with elements in the mosaic. Compatibility is therefore distinct from acceptance, because epistemic agents can evaluate the compatibility of unaccepted theories with one another or with accepted theories.
Compatibility is also distinct from [[Theory Use (Barseghyan-2015)|''use'']], because epistemic agents are perfectly capable of using or failing to use theories regardless of their mutually compatibility. Quantum mechanics is both used and accepted by the contemporary scientific community, as is evolutionary theory. Although quantum theory and evolution are compatible members of the same mosaic, it is nonetheless the case that evolutionary theory, unlike quantum mechanics has few practical applications and remains largely unused.